FNUS75 KABQ 211219 FWSABQ SPOT FORECAST FOR NO 49...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 619 AM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. EXPECT LOWER BASED CLOUDS TO DEVELOP BY NOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING AROUND THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER DUE TO CLOUD COVER...AND RH VALUES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. GUSTY OUTFLOWS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A CONCERN AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED. FOR TODAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 25-30 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON AT 7 TO 9 MPH AND THEN SOUTHEASTERLY BY EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TONIGHT CLOUDS/WEATHER......MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC OF PRECIP.......30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49-53. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MAX 80-88 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........LIGHT OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FOR WEDNESDAY CLOUDS/WEATHER......PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHC OF PRECIP.......20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82-86. RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MIN 21-26 PERCENT. 20 FOOT WIND........TERRAIN DOMINATED LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FORECASTS FOR WINDS ARE 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AND MUST BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO FUEL TYPE AND SHELTERING TO GET EYE LEVEL WIND SPEED. FORECASTER...52 $$ REQUESTED BY...CARL ROMNES REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090721.NO49_.01/ABQ